The Right-hander batter Virat Kohli created a bunch of records in the match against Bangladesh in the World Cup 2023.
Records created by Virat Kohli during BAN clash
India is scheduled to play in the 17th World Cup match in 2023 against Bangladesh at MCA stadium where India won the match by 7 wickets. With this victory, India has four consecutive victories and stands second in the Points table.
Virat Kohli is known as one of the best batters of the modern era. He holds multiple records and surpassed some records of cricket legends throughout his career.
He also holds the record of the fastest to reach 10,000 ODI runs. He has played a total of 566 innings in 510 international matches across all formats.
The Indian batter Virat Kohli surpassed the record of Jayawardene who scored 25957 runs across all formats with his impressive knock of 103* during the match.
With his score of 26026 runs, he stands fourth on the list of the players to score most runs in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 34357 runs while Sri Lankan player Kumar Sangakkara stands second with 28016 runs. Ricky Ponting holds the third place with 27483 runs.
Most runs in international cricket
- 34357 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 28016 – Kumar Sangakkara
- 27483- Ricky Ponting
- 25958* – Virat Kohli
- 25957 – Mahela Jayawardene
He surpassed Brian Lara’s score of 1225 runs in the World Cup scoring which is the fifth-highest score in World Cup history during the match against Bangladesh on October 19, 2023, at MCA Stadium.
Virat Kohli surpassed the record of the cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s fastest to 26000 runs. Previously he achieved the feat of fastest cricketer to score 25000 international runs in 549 innings which broke the previous record of Sachin Tendulkar who achieved this feat in 577 innings.
He also surpassed Brian Lara and Rohit Sharma in the list of players to score the most runs in World Cup history. He scored a total of 1289 runs and stands fourth in the list.
Most runs in World Cups
- 2278 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 1743 – Ricky Ponting
- 1532 – Kumar Sangakkara
- 1289* – Virat Kohli
- 1243 – Rohit Sharma
Virat Kohli has knocked his 48th century and stands one step below the Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar who tops the list with 49 centuries. The right-handed batter has a total of 78 centuries across all formats.
Most ODI centuries
- 49 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 49 – Virat Kohli
- 30 – Rohit Sharma
- 30 – Ricky Ponting
- 28 – Sanath Jayasuriya
Virat Kohli stands fourth among the players to score most 50+ runs in international Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar, Rick Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara tops first three place.
Most 50-plus scores in international cricket
- 264 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 217 – Ricky Ponting
- 216 – Kumar Sangakkara
- 212 – Virat Kohli
- 211 – Jacques Kallis
Virat Kohli also joins the Indian players list to have the most world Cup hundreds for India. The skipper Rohit Sharma tops the list with 7 centuries and Sachin Tendulkar stands second with 6 centuries.
Most World Cup hundreds for India
- 7 – Rohit Sharma
- 6 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 4 – Sourav Ganguly
- 3 – Shikhar Dhawan
- 3 – Virat Kohli
